This was quite an odd album for Pat. Before it was released, Tommy Aldridge and Pat Thrall had already left the band. It didn’t too well in sales either, which resulted in Polydor dropping the band. However, PT would sue the label for breach of contract and he won, which let him put out another two albums for the label which (surprise surprise) didn’t do a whole bunch either.
This album was slammed for having too much emphasis on keyboards rather than wailing guitar, but I’m not sure where that came from as there is plenty of guitar all over the album. Whoever came up with that quote only listened to the instrumental track, Untitled which admittedly has that distorted Hammond sound that was on Crash And Burn. The main reason why it didn’t too well is that there are too many softer songs. My favourite song is the opener, New Age Music. It’s a good old PT belter.
I’ve been a fan of PT since the first album when he came to the UK and I saw him playing in small clubs up close and personal, which is basically what he is doing today.
7.5/10 from The Grooveman.
